The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-12-25
SOME DowN-EAsr OLD people,
Men Prominent in Active Life who are
Nearing Their Hundredth birthday.

Men Prominent In Active Life whs ars
Nearing Their Hundredth birthday.
BOSTON, Dec. 15.-As . home for old age
New England Is an earthly paradise. GrowinG
old In the quiet turn houses OF Maine, New
Hampshire, and Vermont is o process much
slower than tho round of years.
Old age In New England Is generally free from
the burdens and sorrows which the Scriptures
name as the accompaniment even OF fourscore
years.. OF q list OF moro than 1000 mon and
women over so years old, about whom the Globe
printed some interesting facts not long ago, a
large majority are hardy. healthy people. who
enjoy life rs much rs their children do. Alarge
proportion. too. OF persons OF venerable age
continue In quite active life.
Regarding the habits Of the old people in New
England. some interesting facts have recently
been collected. or about 1000 persons whose
ages range between eighty and one hundred
: fsrossh l. li Sf in t lSsR hab fhS 81 r ssH m not hsys t assn
sl%sys have risen i.|9 + 5e iSs 3 o'si ~ For TIA.
s sss%'t nat q ,Inism nave T fiyss 81 sa Po osakR' issh a, z,
m A intor ssalS 70 p oGat e 81 ln natiG e has rasS Ses %' re-
garding the effect Of tobacco on health. In the
s sssss q iha Rq more sssH ,Ss% 20 ssi fn d 49, az. ysfS5 syd Z v wsS
tobacco p SSs sdnSa :; an m ss,Iy % a ases tina. I'D man ID.
they have been total absteiSers since i D'
Ea HssasHi e may 1ns be s's sa d me IN a G general spaks w az hsx
4 n the same as that Of the families In which
tResse s Who n mads re MH5e 10 ! q recent n'n sias dlstr z.
button q, circular questions state, that they
d 6aa la sits oi ss se has or b sef5es acs or tRsrhsap, al pG Sa;
never suffered any III effects from eating Just
before going to bed has been The custom Of one
man Of % years.
90 Years Of age, $50 men and ass Women re aan
that they have had no sickness during life.
Gns hundred II Lag, n9d b fourteen sen. men and and III women
snd ga ot the women have. At any time. been
Il Is quite evident that height and weight
have little or nothing to Dc with longevity.
whom histories have been received, the COM
s eanSSd vile Tsishe ets 81 et oiher IS f h;3sl P pSe ilsi S Se H2G
average height Of the eight heavy men is s feet
IN inchs e.. and Of the light WEIGHTS s feet ~
weight Of the latter exceeds. By only i've pounds
that Of q man nineteen inches shorter feet
Ten old ladies, all over so years, weigh a total
e ! aiv ten DS others; 81 " eaGGe the Sane O. class eya sG %eisS e oOIy;
woman 90 years old never weighed more than So
the mother OF two Children. now Weighs &c
pounds. The shortest woman Is 4 feet tall and
weighs 80 pounds. She is SO years old. The
inches and weighs 212 pounds. He was 80
In MASSACHUSETTS, alone the number of per-
sons more than So years old is fully 200. and
IT, IT, e esnsSs Of Fl 1856 SssoT Is nSoat $1,000 q 6seHTHSPffs s Is i ~
The names of centensrians living In the
States OF Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont,
and Massachusetts who within a few days have
been reported to THE Sun correspondent are
given below In addition there are known to
DO eleven In Connecticut and three or four In
Rhode Island. making the list for New England
number fully fifty;